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Christopher Columbus |
Silvia Farinnela |
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INDEX

BIOGRAPHY PAGE 2
YOU KNEW BEFORE 1492 COLUMBUS LAND OF AMERICA?PAGE 5
DRAFT DISCOVERER COLOMBINO PAGE 6
THE JOURNEY OF COLUMBUS PAGE 8
IMAGE PAGE11

BIOGRAPHY

Christopher Columbus(1451-1506) - sailor, explorer, geographer, and discoverer of America.

The birth of Christopher Columbus, today, remains a mystery. On the one hand, and the tradition was born in Genoa (Italy), children of Italian parents called Giovanni Colombo (Juan Colon) and Susanna Fontanarossa, but for almost twenty years, is investigating the true birthplace and if it really came from Italy or Mallorca, aplace that could also come as saved documents indicating that spoke the language that could be insular and son of the Prince of Viana. Phistoria team also want to know the historical background of Columbus, the latest research on origin today.
According to his first biographer, his brother Hernando, Christopher dedicated himself too young to work as an artisan and merchant, but not receive hits.Thanks to the work of merchant contacts naval trade and coastal shipping. In 1474, going on a Genoese ship near the coast of Portugal, wrecked arriving at Cape St. Vincent in Portugal. Looking fortune, traveled to Lisbon as a merchant and began working for the Portuguese traveling to England, Castile, Madeira or the North African coast, reaching Guinea. As soon as he returned to Portugal, begandrawing maps. Before he found some changes in the performance of nautical charts, began to think that the earth was round (spherical)
Amazed by the travels of Marco Polo in the thirteenth century, the exploits of reaching China, thought to go further, to Japan if I could. Excited asked to visit the King Luso, John II of Portugal who offered his project, explaining its sea route and land studies.The king of the Portuguese rejected the draft advice Columbus before his cabinet of experts. Then he spoke of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, who was ambassador of the Catholic Monarchs and made contact with him and later made his way to Castile. In 1492 the Spanish kings decided that the project presented by the Genoese was "impossible to do" and the large amount of money demanded was unfeasible.Before returning to Portugal, Columbus receives the news that Queen Isabella of Castile sent him to the treasurer of King Ferdinand, her husband, Lluís of Santángel, a Catalan collector and good reputation of the Aragonese king good counselor. Although tradition has it that it was the Queen herself considering having the adventure of exploring a new world (and create a new trade route to Asia, goingeast on behalf of the Crown of Spain), will deliver a box with many your jewelry to lack of money that Columbus needed. After the conquest of Granada, the coffers of Castile and Aragon were pretty bad. The Queen granted the capitulations of Santa Fe, with many of the privileges and funding for their adventure.

Columbus prepared the trip and some boats leaving from the port of Cadiz andHuelva-other from the port of Palos de la Frontera on August 3, 1492, he embarked on the ship "Santa Maria", one of the three ships , the other is called "La Pinta" and "La Niña".
From Cádiz traveled to the Canary Islands, arriving on 6 September. From there he went to Asia, but instead of traveling to the east, headed west. After many days without seeing land and the danger of mutiny on board the...